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Betray the Secret: Gallery Talk Series

2:00PM-2:30PM

Description

Co-curator of the exhibition Betray the Secret: Humanity in the Age of 'Frankenstein' Elizabeth Mitchell, Burton and Deedee McMurtry Curator and Director of the Curatorial Fellowship Program, will explore different facets of the exhibition over three gallery talks.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2PM: Body Work: Representing Physicians, Surgeons, and Resurrection MenA closer look at the representation of medical men, philosophers, and the spaces in which they work.

MORE TALKS IN THIS SERIES

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2PM: Betray the Secret: Humanity in the Age of Frankenstein

An introduction to the Cantor’s contribution to the campus-wide celebration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s horror novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The talk reveals ways artists have represented the body, life, and death, as well as the boundary separating humanity from technology.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2PM: Science, the Body, and the Artist's ImaginationExplore artists' representations of science and their use of the body as a subject.